title: Rationale for cardiovascular medicine to separate from internal medicine and become an independent specialty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk F25, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. nissens@ccf.org
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Nissen
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000639:trends; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends; D013038:Specialization